Thyroid Cancer Growing Rapidly in the United States

I recently came across this informative article about thyroid cancer and thought I would share.

Between 1997-2006, thyroid cancers increased by 6.5 percent each year, according to the National Cancer Institute.

Although there are no obvious causes of thyroid cancers, some key contributors have been identified:

1-Exposure to radiation

2-Being overweight

3-Your genetics

The article outlines more potential contributing factors, but they also explain why there has been an increase in thyroid cancers over the years:

"it’s possible that environmental factors, such as exposure to chemical pollutants, are involved. No definitive study, however, has confirmed environmental agents are responsible."